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As of 2014, Chicago O'Hare airport is the busiest airport in the world, managing to juggle more than 1,780 aircraft per day.

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The fastest plane in the world is NASA's Boeing X-43A Scramjet, flying in the record books at a speed of Mach 9.6, or 7,350 mph (11,760 km/h).

The highest flying bird in the world is the Ruppell's Griffon vulture. It has been spotted flying at 37,000 feet, an altitude that only the most sophisticated jet planes can reach.

The biggest pillow fight ever recorded involved 3800 people and tens of thousands of pillows.

The biggest pillow fight ever recorded involved 3800 people and tens of thousands of pillows. It took place in Chicago at the 2013 Dada Life concert.

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Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan is built on a 2.5 mile long, 100 foot tall artificial island. One million workers and 80 ships worked for three years to make the island.

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